Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pom.mmwb.ucsf.edu!srp From: srp@pom.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: News readers (Re: installing rrn) Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 90 18:08:56 GMT References: <9008211952.AA18286@mcirps2.med.nyu.edu> Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Lines: 33 karron@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU writes: >What is rrn ?? Rn, rrn, trn, trrn, and nn are all usenet network news reading programs. I've been able to install rn, trn, and nn basically by just following instructions given in any of those kits. For rn and trn, our Iris machines act as NNTP clients connecting to another host which acts as a news server. For nn, there is one Iris in the cluster which runs nnmaster, updating a subject database which is NFS mounted on the other Irises. If I were starting from scratch, I'd try getting either nn or trn from uunet.uu.net (in the "news" directory in the anonymous FTP area of that host). The Installation/Configuration kits for those programs pretty much automate the setup for compilation. If you're getting your news via NNTP from a server, you also have to get the nntp software (you'll only be using the client side). I haven't had much experience with rn itself, but we use nn regularly and I've experimented with trn some recently. My personal favorite is nn (menu based, fast at the subject scanning level, good for scanning dense newsgroups), but if most of the people at your site have used rn in the past, trn (rn which follows discussion threads) is a natural. I am by no means a news guru, but I'd be happy to answer IRIX related setup questions for these programs if I can. - Scott -- Scott Presnell +1 (415) 476-9890 Pharm. Chem., S-926 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu University of California UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp San Francisco, CA. 94143-0446 Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet